Posted on 10/23/2007 10:58:14 PM PDT by RWR8189
By now, almost everyone in America has heard of Jena, La., because they've all heard the story of the "Jena 6." White students hanging nooses barely punished, a schoolyard fight, excessive punishment for the six black attackers, racist local officials, public outrage and protests the outside media made sure everyone knew the basics.
There's just one problem: The media got most of the basics wrong. In fact, I have never before witnessed such a disgrace in professional journalism. Myths replaced facts, and journalists abdicated their solemn duty to investigate every claim because they were seduced by a powerfully appealing but false narrative of racial injustice.
I should know. I live in Jena. My wife has taught at Jena High School for many years. And most important, I am probably the only reporter who has covered these events from the very beginning.
The reason the Jena cases have been propelled into the world spotlight is two-fold: First, because local officials did not speak publicly early on about the true events of the past year, the media simply formed their stories based on one-side's statements the Jena 6. Second, the media were downright lazy in their efforts to find the truth. Often, they simply reported what they'd read on blogs, which expressed only one side of the issue.
The real story of Jena and the Jena 6 is quite different from what the national media presented. It's time to set the record straight.
Myth 1: The Whites-Only Tree. There has never been a "whites-only" tree at Jena High School. Students of all races sat underneath this tree. When a student asked during an assembly at the start of school last year if anyone could sit under the tree, it evoked laughter from everyone present blacks and whites. As
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The media want to incite racial strife. They leap on any event that they can distort to promote their agenda.
“As with the Duke Lacrosse case, the truth about Jena will eventually be known. But the town of Jena isn’t expecting any apologies from the media. They will probably never admit their error and have already moved on to the next “big” story.”
Another big fat liberal lie. And people cry out that we improperly malign the media....
nice read - thanks for posting this article.
This doesn't pass the smell test.
Forget race, just for a minute. Let's say boys and girls always sat under the tree. A girl then asks, during assembly, if girls could sit under the tree.
Wouldn't the reaction be, "WTF is she talking about?" I mean, her question is just absurd. It makes no sense. Why in the world would she ask if girls could sit under a tree where boy and girls have always sat?
Similarly, why in the world would a black student ask if black students could sit under a tree where black and white students have always sat?
"the crudely constructed nooses were not aimed at black students. Instead, they were understood to be a prank by three white students aimed at their fellow white friends, members of the school rodeo team."
Again, this smells.
The author expects us to believe that this was just a coincidence that they hung nooses in that particular tree, for the first and only time, the day after black students sat under that very same tree.
One time. That tree. The next day. Pure coincidence. And it wasn't aimed at blacks. And none of the boys had a clue that nooses were racist. In Louisiana.
Oooh ... kay. Well, we have the MSM account. We have this one. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle.
“The reason the media told the Jena 6 lies is that they seek to undermine American unity and self-confidence in order to bring about socialistic world government.
I always thought they promoted racism so the whole country wouldn’t unite in anger against the people in power who are screwing everybody regardless of race, religion or economic staus.
I strongly suspect this is another tawana brawly case.
The key... go to public school...
These were kids were in the rodeo club. = These kids were in the rodeo club.
Don’t post before coffee.
I wouldn’t have thought the nooses were racist. I would have been thinking more of Cowboys. You know, like the hangings in the Clint Eastwood movie, “Hang ‘Em High. But then, I am not a Racist.
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Wow. It’s a darn shame presstitutes can’t be sued for malpractice.
Who told you that a noose is a "symbol in the South"? Why do you think they told you this?
not that he tried very hard or anything. This is just par for the course.
The Katrina coverage comes immediately to mind.
Whats new with the left. We all know diversity is good for business and that blacks cant be racists. Come on why should we question the liberal leftists pro Hitlery new media? sarcasm off
The socialists have spent generations indoctrinating American blacks to be their footsoldiers against capitalism and American sovereignty.
Please join me in telling the truth about socialism at all times.
The Jena 6 are prostitutes?
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